Prospect Talent Score

Probability of Success

History

2009-10: A first round pick (3rd overall) of Lewiston in the 2009 QMJHL Entry Draft, Francis Beauvillier appeared in 61 games for the MAINEiacs in his rookie season. On a team that won just 23 games during the season, he scored 12 goals with 14 assists and was minus-11 with 46 penalty minutes. He was scoreless with no penalties in four playoff games. Beauvillier played for Quebec in the 2010 U17 World Hockey Challenge and was scoreless with 4 penalty minutes in five games.

2010-11: Beauvillier had a solid second season and the MAINEiacs were one of the QMJHL's big turnaround stories in what would prove to be the franchises last season in Lewiston. In 57 games he scored 11 goals with 14 assists and was plus-12 with 39 penalty minutes.

2011-12: Beauvillier was selected by Rimouski in the dispersal draft after Lewiston folded. In 67 games with the Oceanic he scored 23 goals with 11 assists and was minus-11 with 75 penalty minutes. After finishing fourth in the East Division during the regular season, Rimouski advanced to the playoff finals against Saint John. In the team's first 19 playoff games Beauvillier scored 4 goals with 4 assists and was plus-five with 31 penalty minutes. He was invited to the NHL Draft Combine and ranked 56th amongst North American skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings prior to the 2012 NHL Draft.

2012-13: Beauvillier made his pro hockey debut in April, joining the Panthers' AHL affiliate in San Antonio following his fourth QMJHL season. He played eight games with the Rampage and had 2 assists and was -3 with 4 penalty minutes. San Antonio missed the AHL playoffs after finishing last in the South Division. Beauvillier was the third leading-scorer for Rimouski behind 100-point scorer Peter Trainor and Scott Oke. He scored 30 goals with 32 assists in 64 games and was +6 with 86 penalty minutes. Rimouski reached the playoffs after finishing second in the East Division. Beauvillier scored 1 goal with 2 assists and was -8 with 10 penalty minutes in the six-game series with Gatineau.

Talent Analysis

A speedy forward with great acceleration, Beauvillier is a valued contributor at both ends of the ice. His skating ability not only makes him dangerous in offensive situations, but also a short-handed threat while taking shifts as a penalty killer. Able to make a play at top speed, Beauvillier's game will be much more effective when he adds more muscle to his frame.

Future

Beauvillier will skate for Shawinigan this fall, and line up with his little brother whom the Cataractes recently drafted. This will probably be Francis’s final junior season, and long term he looks like a player that can progress into a dangerous third-line winger.

Photo: Forward Christopher Clappterton has been very good this season for the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, managing 12 goals and 21 assists through 22 games. Clapperton was selected in the fifth round of the 2013 NHL Draft. (courtesy of Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)

The Florida Panthers system has just six prospects playing in junior leagues, though four did recently represent the team at the 2013 Subway Super Series. The group runs the gamut from big stay-at-home defensemen to feisty two-way scrappers, to small goal scorers. The eclectic bunch may not have any budding superstars among them, but they do have the Dale Tallon trademark traits of solid work ethic and hockey smarts.

Photo: Nick Bjugstad is one of several Florida Panthers prospects who are currently playing in the NHL. Bjugstad was selected 19th overall by the Panthers in the 2010 NHL Draft. (courtesy of Juan Salas/Icon SMI)

The Florida Panthers' system remains well stocked even after the graduation of Jonathan Huberdeau and Jacob Markstrom. The organization has incredible depth and skill at center and defense, and although the goaltending depth chart looks relatively weak, it remains a solid group with a couple of players performing well in the early part of the current season.

Photo: Now in his fourth full year of professional hockey, defenseman Colby Robak is trying to earn a full-time job in the NHL. Robak has appeared in 19 NHL games over the past two years. (courtesy of Michael Tureski/Icon SMI)

The Dale Tallon rebuild of the Florida Panthers is entering its fourth season, and the results of the process – stockpiling young, smart, two-way players with talent and size – is readily coming to fruition. Several prospects are coming into their own, whether as young NHL players, first and second-year professionals in the minor leagues, or leaders in the NCAA and major junior ranks.

Photo: In his first season of North American hockey, forward Alexander Delnov managed 49 points through 69 regular season games with the Seattle Thunderbirds. Delnov also appeared in seven playoff games, managing two goals and two assists. (courtesy of Marissa Baecker/Getty Images)

The summer started early for many of Florida's top prospects, after both the Panthers and their AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage, failed to make the playoffs. Several of the team's brightest young stars, Jonathan Huberdeau, Drew Shore, Jacob Markstrom, and Alex Petrovic among them, missed out on postseason action. However, the Panthers were still represented in playoff action at many levels of play.

Photo: Drafted in the third round of the 2011 NHL Draft, Vincent Trocheck has been among the top players in the OHL this season. (Terry Wilson/OHL Images)

The number of Florida Panthers prospects playing junior hockey has dropped over the last year as several key junior performers have moved on to start their professional careers. The 2012 draft class did however add three new junior prospects for Florida. The talent of the junior prospects is evident in the fact that several of the nine suited up for their respective conferences in the recent Subway Super Series that pitted CHL conference teams against the Russian national junior team.